Thoroughly Modern Jeffrey: Pre Sense Form (Jeffrey Isom) at Wonder Fair Art Gallery & How!
Untitled, Mixed Media.
Pre Sense Form
(Jeffrey Isom)
The Art of Pre Sense Form
6-9 p.m.
Wonder Fair Art Gallery & How!
803 Massachusetts
Lawrence, KS
406.360.5875
Hours after opening reception: Noon-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Noon-6 p.m. Sunday
Runs through: Aug. 2
Artist's site: http://www.presenseform.com
Gallery site: http://www.wonderfair.com
Time for another road trip to Lawrence, and not for a college football game. What's important here isn't blocking form, running form or tackling form ... it's Pre Sense Form.
That's the nom d'arte of Jeffrey Isom, who regional music fans will also know as the founder of Lawrence's Range Life Records. His show, The Art of Pre Sense Form, opens tonight at Wonder Fair Art Gallery & How!
Or is it their show? The distinction between personalities shows up in Isom's statement, where he (or Pre Sense Form) refers to himself (or Isom) in the third person:
Between World War I and World War II the demand for change and the search for a new aesthetic created groups of like minded creative people — Modernists. This period in time marked a significant shift in how art, design, and architecture would impact and influence the world.
Isom's approach and work as an artist, designer and typographer is significantly rooted in and influenced by the Modernist Movement (from 1920 through 1965), specifically that of Switzerland, Germany, and Soviet Russia — With additional influences coming from the Bauhaus style (1919-1933). He draws continuous inspiration from the teachings and work of such masters as Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Josef Muller-Brockman, Jan Tschichold, and especially that of Max Bill.
The original art Isom has created for this show reflects the direct influences of some of the foundations of the Modernist Movement — Constructivism [1] and Concrete Art [2] . However, the media he has chosen to use introduces a more contemporary presence to the work, thus creating a bridge from the beginning of the Modernist Movement to that of the present. Such media includes; fluorescent, flat, and metallic spray paint, cosmetic make-up, along with more traditional medias such as acrylic paint, watercolor, markers, graphite and colored pencils.
That's direct ... to the point ... and utterly devoid of emotion. In other words, it's perfect for Isom/Pre Sense Form's work.
Note: "Direct" does not equate to "simple', or to "boring." Isom's mixed media works -- the untitled mixed media piece above, for example -- might be cool, angular products of his left brain, but there are enough strong visuals and splashes of color to keep even the most right-brained viewer engaged.
To borrow a football image -- because after all, this is a fall Saturday in a college town -- Isom can bring it hard up the middle but knows when to mix things up and cut outside. And there's not a fumble or missed snap in the bunch.
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